Organized team activities (OTAs) don’t begin for the Dallas Cowboys until May 22, but their big-name, veteran trade acquisitions — wide receiver Brandin Cooks and cornerback Stephon Gilmore, the 2019 NFL Defensive Player of the Year — are already making their presence felt with their new teammates.
The 2022 offseason Cowboys’ receiver moves were more about subtraction, trading away four-time Pro Bowl wideout Amari Cooper. In 2023, the team put more resources into their receivers room this time around, adding the established and “dynamic” Cooks to act as Pro Bowl number one wideout CeeDee Lamb’s number two following a trade with the Houston Texans. It’s an effort focused on opening up their passing offense for quarterback Dak Prescott, who co-led the NFL with 15 interceptions last seasons despite missing five games with a right thumb injury.
“Being dynamic,” new Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Brandin Cooks said Wednesday, per The Athletic, when asked what he brings to Dallas at the team’s 10th annual Reliant Home Run Derby, which raises money for the Salvation Army. “Being able to make plays, no matter which way, deep, short, intermediate, it really doesn’t matter. Just coming in and being dynamic.”
Cooks is certainly dynamic since he’s one of only seven players in the entire league since 2014, when Cooks entered the NFL, with over 8,500 receiving yards (8,616) and over 45 receiving touchdowns (49). Alongside Cooks in that exclusive club is Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs, and Antonio Brown.
His six career seasons of at least 1,000 receiving yards are tied for the third-most in the NFL since 2014, trailing only Evans (nine seasons) and Kelce (seven seasons) in that statistic. Cooks has achieved the feat with each of his four previous teams: the New Orleans Saints (2015-2016), the New England Patriots (2017), the Los Angeles Rams (2018), and the Houston Texans (2020-2021). Doing so in 2021 with Houston is especially noteworthy given he was catching passes from 32-year-old Tyrod Taylor and rookie Davis Mills. Prescott has already observed what makes Cooks unique in throwing sessions with the nine-year veteran.
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